Police search home after horse deaths in Lower Windsor Twp

The home of a Lower Windsor Township man who says his horses were poisoned was searched by police this week.

Joseph Meyer contacted police because four of his horses had died, a fifth was sick, and he believed they were poisoned, according to an affidavit to obtain a search warrant filed by Nicole Boyer, the York County SPCA's Humane Society police officer, who, along with Lower Windsor Township Police conducted the search.

Meyer owns a farm on Snyder Corner Road as well as Allimax Farm in Lancaster County.

Boyer said she spoke with Meyer by phone on March 23, and he told her he believed his horses were poisoned by animal rights activists and were in danger.

He told Boyer he would meet her at the Lower Windsor Township farm the next day to discuss the care of the horses and give her a sample of grain he'd found in the field for lab analysis, the document states.

Boyer wrote that Meyer said he treated a remaining sick horse himself with anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics, and he wasn't willing to euthanize the horse because two others were treated with the same medications and survived, the document states. He treated the horses, then contacted a veterinarian, the document states.

Boyer said in the affidavit that Meyer was supposed to give her documentation related to those medications, a timeline of the horses' health and deaths, and a sample of the grain on March 24.

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But she called his phone that day, and a woman identifying herself as Meyer's daughter answered, the document states. The woman said she didn't know where Meyer was but that he couldn't meet her because they were busy moving the horses from their York County farm to the Lancaster County location, Boyer wrote.

Boyer said she requested that Meyer contact her, but she didn't hear from him after March 23, and he didn't provide the documents or feed samples, the documents state.

Meyer sent an email to the York Daily Record Thursday, stating that his door was kicked in Wednesday for the search warrant to be executed and that he wasn't informed of what police and the SPCA were looking for.

He said that officials claimed he wasn't cooperating, but that he had talked to police twice and sent emails.

A man identifying himself as Meyer has posted videos on YouTube, saying nine of his horses have died from poisoning.

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